The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-02-17

White river, fifty feet below. The gorge at
this point is %frightful, and when the cars
went down there was a terrible crash.
As soon as possible the detached
part Of the train wa stopped
and ran back to the scene of
the disaster. The screams of the n INJURED
were heartrending. Assistance also came
from the people living in the vicinity, and
everything was lone to rescue and relieve
the injured. soon after help arrived it was
discovered that fire had started In the first
passenger coach, and soon The entire train
was ablaze, thus adding a new horror. Those
present were powerless to stop the fire, and
devoted themselves entirely to attempts to
rescue those imprisoned in the wreck. The
rescuers met another and unexpected obsta-
Gle in the heat. which had become so intense
that they were obliged to %relinquish their
efforts to save the sufferers, and were COM
PEELED to retreat to a place Of safety for
themselves, and to become unwilling wit
nesses of the awful holocaust In addition,
the weather was intensely cold, and the he
roic rescuers were hindered thereby in their
work. No water could be obtained with
which to check or extinguish the flames.
The Ice was several inches thick on the
river. there We're no appliances at hand
to raise it.
The accident is the most terrible of any
that ever occurred in Northern New En-
gland. Charles W. Hosmer of Lowell, Mass ,
Who was on the train, states that he was in q
Central Vermont sleeping car. He says:
/ can remember twenty passengers who were
In the car with me. There were five ladies
among them. I was awakened by. the humping
OF the Car. Then came the crash and all was
darkness. There were means and calls for help.
I found myself pinned down by q seat which
lay across my hips, but I broke the window and
the car dropped tifty-ive feet. The other three
cars were also on the ice, having broken way
from the forward part of the train. A gen.
succeeded In extricating him. Mrs. Pryden Of
Montreal was in the ruins and underneath me-,
clothing off to get her out. I was the first per-
son to get out. A MI. Hutchins of Braintree,
w., escaped aid assisted in saving others. I
worked until I was so chilled I could do nothing
more. In a few moments after the cars took
lire, and amid the swirling flames, those who
were unable to escape could be seen in the en-
passengers either calling for help or insensible.
Out OF the twenty-five in my car, I personally
know that nine, at least. were saved. I saw two
Of those in my cer in the flames. remember a
IN Boston. He WIS accompanied by a lady. He
Was saved, hEt his ccTaIan:oa Was lost.
SOME OF THE INCIDENTS.
A man was seen with q little child in his
arms on the bank of the river, both dead.
The body OF Pullman Conductor Burgess
was one of the first taken out. 1t was not
badly mutilated. The remain of the porter
Of one OF the cars was identified by his
WazGon was Identified tonight. In the
pocket of a blue dress coat was found a let
ter written upon a letterhead of o. W. San
ford, agent of the MoSie Nerve Food COM
panv, dated Washington. D. G., Dec. 80, and
addressed to Dear Charles. The body of the
~,,y.>n r. ~,~, b. l..- -,.--
destroyed, and is supposed by travelling
men to have been that Of Charles ".
SRndford, formerly in the employ OF s
9. Chase 4 Co. OF Boston. He was in the
Boston Pullman Car. A coat belonging to
Charles A. Hibald of Boston was oun
to have been seriously injured. Most OF the
tcasies recovered were taken to the village
Of Hartford and placed in an undertaker's
establishment. frhirty-nlne bodies in all
have been taken out of the wreck, and only
five of this number are in any name
recognizable. 1t will be impossible to tell
how many were in the train, as the con-
ductor had only begun taking up tickets
after leaving here. Many bodies have prob
ably gone inco the river ana under the ice.
!, WORSE N WORSE.
At this hour (m%idnight) thirtv-nine bodies
in all ave been recovered from the wreck.
and 1t is positively known that AZ persons
persisted. One of the wrecked cars on the
leo has not yet been o~verhauled, and it is
thought at least twenty bodies are i'll the de-
bris. should this prove true it will run the
list Of killed up to over sixty. This
will not include those which may
nave been carried into the river through the
ace. The latest Communication as to the num-
Der OF persons on the train places it at over
one hundred. When the last car on the ice
is overhauled tomorrow and further
identification takes place, a more complete
list Will be ~obtainahle. although it is thought
that q score OF the bodies already recovered
are SO ~disfigured as to preclude any possibil-
lily of identification. Many of the surviv-
ors will probably die OF their wounds
considering the height from which the cars
fell and the speed with which the train was
cunning, it is regarded as a miracle that any
one escaped. Ina first passenger to escape
was zaph Maiquet. a French Canadian
David Marquet, on the way from
Holyoke to their homes in Canada.
| The boy sat three seats behind his father. in
the third car from the rear. q He
was doing in his seat when
he felt the cars shiver. In this
| upon the ice. BY hard work the boy got out
of one of the windows He at once went in
| search OF his father and discovered
him by the light Of the burning wreck just
above him, Pinned down by a part OF thet top
Of the car, whicn had fallen directly across
/ "AA' ASsoA " SS ~
| firmly held as if in a wise. Joseph was
THE oNLY ONE WHO ESCAPED
| from the car. lie says he rushed to his
~courIgement to him. The father
was very cool and told his son
to help him ont as soon sas
possible. The boy seized his father and
struggled with all his strength to extricate
| him, hut all in vain. The flames were APP
preaching rapidly. Joseph said the
father. srun and get IN axe
or a saw but he could
not find either. sPuli me out then, il you
have to break my legs to do it," Joseph
ugged with ali bis might. but could not stir
ais father an inch. With wonderful GOODNESS
the father gave himself up to his, fate. !
The following Is a list Of the killed, SO far as
iaeir nalnes hive been ascertained:
KILLED.